For Michael Tait, Jody Davis, Jeff Frankenstein and Duncan Phillips, better known as pop/rock outfit the Newsboys, “restart” isn’t just a practical term for change. It’s been the story of their lives these last four and a half years.
Hard to believe it was 2009 when the Christian music world was rocked by the news that former 1/3 of legendary group dc Talk, Michael Tait, would be filling the vacant frontman shoes for one of CCM’s highest standing bands. Yet here we are: two studio albums, a handful of #1 hits, and 600+ shows later, and not only has the band proven to the skeptics that this new brand works, they’ve also shown longtime fans that they can successfully reinvent themselves.